For as long as America has existed it has drawn people to its shores, to its frontiers, its cities, its soil, and its streets. And the streets were paved with bricks of gold. But one has to walk on these bricks and wear them down before one of them loosens. Then one can pick up the bricks and remember the hardships and the time it took before that brick could come out of the ground. People such as these suffer many hardships to become part of American society and begin moving up its ladder of success. One of the hardships immigrants suffer is a disconnect between themselves and their children. The parents come to America hoping for a better life, but find it difficult to let go of their past experiences, experiences from a different time, a different place, a different culture, a different world. In the novel...